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Circle Fresh aims to supply square meals
The executives of Circle Fresh Farms LLC believe there’s a better way to grow lettuce, cucumbers and tomatoes — one that doesn’t involve dirt. The Wheat Ridge-based startup has partnered with owners of...
View ArticleOil/gas firms await fate of the Keystone pipeline
The proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada to Nebraska won’t pass through Colorado, but its construction could have an impact on the state’s economy — for good and ill — say the controversial...
View ArticleFasTracks rail line breaks ground
Construction of the FasTracks rail line along Interstate 225, between Parker Road and Smith Road near Interstate 70, broke ground Friday. A year ago, the Regional Transportation District considered...
View ArticleState Department adds to Keystone XL pipeline debate
On the same day that I wrote about the controversial Keystone XL pipeline’s Colorado impact for the Denver Business Journal, the U.S. State Department weighed in with its review of the project and...
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Army Corps to decide next year on Denver Water expansion
Denver Water learned Monday that next year might be when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers completes its decade-old review of the utility’s request for permission to expand Gross Reservoir in Boulder...
View ArticleOil company halts drilling on Banning-Lewis Ranch
Ultra Petroleum Corp. — the Houston oil and gas company that generated controversy in Colorado Springs in 2011 when it bought 18,000 undeveloped acres of the Banning-Lewis Ranch on the east side of the...
View ArticleHickenlooper to head delegation to Canada; energy a focus
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper will lead a delegation to Canada later this month on a trip designed to bolster Colorado-Canadian business ties, particularly in the energy industry. “It’s an...
View ArticleCH2M Hill to pay settlement in nuclear-site fraud case
CH2M Hill Cos. Ltd. will pay $18.5 million to resolve a U.S. Department of Justice investigation into fraud committed by a subsidiary working at a nuclear facility in Washington state, the department...
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Xcel, environmental group settle over power plant
Xcel Energy Inc. and WildEarth Guardians on Thursday announced they’ve reached an agreement that will lead to the dismissal of a 2009 lawsuit over allegations of clean-air violations regarding...
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Intertech makes $2M investment in manufacturing’s future
Ice-O-Matic isn’t the only Denver manufacturer that’s competing successfully with overseas manufacturers. “We just ended last year investing more than $2 million in equipment to support the growth that...
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Cool times for Denver manufacturer Ice-O-Matic
The resurgence of American manufacturing — spurred by low natural gas prices, the cost of overseas transportation and automation — isn’t confined just to the nation’s traditional industrial regions....
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Colorado oil production hit 57-year high in 2012
Colorado produced nearly 48 million barrels of oil in 2012, which ranked as the state’s second-highest level of oil production on record, according to a Denver Business Journal review of records from...
View ArticleDenver opens new Office of Sustainability
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock on Monday announced the city’s new “2020 Sustainability Goals” for the city’s new Office of Sustainability. “These bold goals provide a road map to our residents, city...
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Denver still expects 787 Dreamliner flights to Tokyo to begin May 12
City and Denver International Airport officials said Tuesday they are still planning for an inaugural Denver-Tokyo flight on May 12, despite the ongoing investigation into the design of the new 787...
View ArticleAmid Niobrara fever, DIA's mineral rights remain unsold
The rush to snatch up leases to mineral rights is mostly over for Colorado’s Niobrara oil field north of Denver, but Denver International Airport’s mineral rights are still up for grabs, according to...
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Is Vestas selling its Pueblo plant?
Two months after Vestas Wind Systems announced plans to hire 100 people at its towers plant in Pueblo, the entire plant might be for sale. That’s according to an interview that Jean-Marc Lechene, chief...
View ArticleColorado oil production hit 57-year high in 2012
Colorado produced nearly 48 million barrels of oil in 2012, which ranked as the state’s second-highest level of oil production on record, according to a Denver Business Journal review of records from...
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Bill would bolster Colorado oil and gas agency
The first proposal in what’s expected to be deluge of legislative action focused on Colorado’s oil and gas industry this year calls for adding more inspectors to the staff of the Colorado Oil and Gas...
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Denver bike-share program to expand
Denver B-cycle, the city’s bicycle sharing program, will add 30 new stations added during the coming months, Denver Mayor Michael Hancock announced Thursday. The system will grow to 83 stations and...
View ArticleTransCanada: Keystone XL pipeline has economic, environmental benefits
The controversial proposed Keystone XL pipeline, designed to carry crude oil from Canadian oil sands to Steele City, Neb., should be permitted because it’s good for the environment — as well as...
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